| Places | |
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| Accession Number | E00879 |
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original half plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown Australian Official Photographer |
| Place made | Belgium: Flanders, West-Vlaanderen, Ypres, Hoograaf |
| Date made | 5 October 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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A German prisoner 'getting his issue' at ration time in the prisoners of war (POW) compound ...
Description
A German prisoner 'getting his issue' at ration time in the prisoners of war (POW) compound (popularly termed the Bird Cage) at Hoograaf, the day after the Australian attack, on 4 October 1917, at Broodseinde Ridge, in the Ypres Sector, when many Germans were captured. The quality and quantity of our rations, of which the enemy prisoners received the same amount as British troops, amazed the Germans after their existence on meagre supplies of the poorest of food.